Any public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may apply for the designation of tourist municipality, for one, several or all of its member municipalities, with the exception of municipalities which exercise the competence of tourism promotion, including the creation of tourist offices, in application of the provisions of articles L. 5214-16 and L. 5216-5 of the general code of territorial collectivities.
The decision of the governing body of the public inter-municipal cooperation body defines the area for which the application for designation is made.
When the designation of tourist municipality is requested by the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation for one or more of the municipalities that make it up, each of them must comply with the conditions of article R. 133-32.
When the designation of tourist municipality is requested by the public inter-municipal cooperation body for all the municipalities making it up, each of the municipalities must comply with the conditions mentioned in a and b of article R. 133-32 and the territory for which the designation is requested must comply with the minimum threshold of the ratio between its non-permanent lodged population and its municipal population mentioned in c of the same article.
For the application of the provisions of this sub-section, the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation is substituted for the municipal council and the president of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation is substituted for the mayor.